Grosvenor has said it is teaming up with a Canadian investor to launch a pan-European retail investment fund.
Urban Retail V is the fifth fund to focus on the high street sub-sector and will target 鈥渃ore cities鈥 in the UK, France, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Italy and Spain.
Both Grosvenor and one of its existing Canadian investors will provide approximately 鈧400m in initial in capital.
Grosvenor has a history of entering into joint ventures with Canadian investors, including Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and PSP Investments.
鈥淕iles Wintle, regional director at Grosvenor, said: 鈥淭his partnership builds on an already fruitful relationship and the whole team looks forward to working with our clients to build a portfolio of high-quality retail assets that will be proactively managed to outperform the market over time.鈥